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title: Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day. You're… — Bets, dares and silly reasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day. You're betting on a Christmas card." What does he mean? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Bets, dares and silly reasons

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Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day. You're betting on a Christmas card." What does he mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jake, You · **What happens:** snow, bet, mean · **To what, where:** London

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:1
# text = Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	snows	snow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snow** *in a quote* | present | Jake |  |  | London | on Christmas Day; ever | hardly *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* You're betting on a Christmas card."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:2
# text = You're betting on a Christmas card."
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	betting	bet	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** | present · progressive | You |  |  |  |  | on a Christmas card | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on card=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What does he mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:3
# text = What does he mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Christmas pictures show snow, but real weather doesn't follow them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:o1:1
# text = Christmas pictures show snow, but real weather doesn't follow them
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Christmas pictures | snow |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snow=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **follow** | present · do-support | real weather | pictures *= picture* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It snows every Christmas outside London

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:o2:1
# text = It snows every Christmas outside London
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snows	snow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snow** | present | It | every Christmas |  |  |  | outside London | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Christmas cards can predict the weather, because the artists check the forecast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:o3:1
# text = Christmas cards can predict the weather, because the artists check the forecast
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	predict	predict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forecast	forecast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | can | Christmas cards | the weather |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weather=Topic |
| 2 | **check** | present | the artists | the forecast |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forecast=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snow only falls on Christmas Eve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t5:o4:1
# text = Snow only falls on Christmas Eve
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Snow |  |  | Christmas Eve |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on eve=Location |

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